Chaeles zaisee



@atten tatza @anni @fittav Letters Patent No. 74,264, dated February 11, 1868.

IMrnovED ANIMAL-TRAP.

alle 51:11am aferra tu it tiges: tetas netart with makinggstt nf its time.

'ro ALLAWHOM 1T Mar CONCERN:

Be it knownv that I, CHARLES ZAISEB, of Newark, in the county of Essex, in the State of` New. Jersey, have linventada new and useful Improvement in Animal-Traps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

` clear, and exact description thereoi`,`which willeuable those'skilled in the art to make and use the-same, refer" encebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming partei this specification, in whichl drawing- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionof a trap made according to my invention` y Figure 2 is a plan view.

Similar letters indicate copresponding parts. p

This invention relates to traps for catching animals, such as rats and mice; and it consists in the use of certain new devices, which render the trap more certain in operation, and more eicient than animal-traps of the ordinary construction. i i

The letter A designates the body of the trap, which is, in this example, of an oblong shape. Its size is according to the kind ofwanimal to be captured. Both ends of the trap are provided with sliding doors, which` Vopen upwards, the door being the one which is opened for the entrance of the vermin. The other door can be of glass or metal, as preferred. Through the upper part of door B, whose said upper part stands above the level of the top of the trap, I make an opening, F, through which opening I pass the setting-rod or deten't C,

whose outer end isenlarged to form a head that cannot pass through said opening. The detent C is supported upon a yielding fulcrum, composed, in this `example, ofte. curved spring-plate, D, Whose lower end is soldered, or otherwise permanently fastened to the top of the trap, while its upper end is provided with .a staple, E,"through which the detent C is passed, moving loosely and freely'baekwards and forwai'ds therein, and being also free'to turn therein. The eonvexity of the spring D is towards the door B, and its concave side is conscqucntlypresented towards that end of the trap whchhas the bait-hook. The letter G- dosignates the bait-hook. Its prong or prongs are turned towards the closed end of the trap, so as to compel the vermin to enter the trap entirely Vin order to seize the bait, and in order to enable me to reduce the length of the trapras much as possible, by placing the bait as far inward as possible. The upper partvof the shank oi' the bait-hook goes through a slot in the top of the trap, and that part of the shank which ,is above the body of tho trap is bent towards the spring 4D, into the form of a hook, I, and is'iiattened, in order to lay hold of andretain by friction the adjacent-end of the setting or detent-rod C. The bait-hook is suspended, and vibrates upon a. fulcrum, H, arranged on the under side of the top of the trap, as shown in the drawing. v

In my improved trap, no opportunity is abrded for the escape oi' the animal after it has disturbed the bait, because, among other things, the spring-fulcrum is so arranged that it constantly draws the detcnt'or settngrod C in a direction away from the detaining-hook I, and is, besides, so arranged as to throw the left-hand end of the datent-rod C upwards, and aid it in its necessary movements through the opening E in the sliding door B, whereby the trap is made to work very quickly and easily. The spring-fulcrum D is placed tothe left of the middle of the trap, and the staple E is so arranged on the spring as to cause the rod C, when it is locked by hook I, to bear down on the extremity of the spring, whereby it is prevented from slipping through the staple and leaving the hook I Vuntil said hook is pulled away from the .detent-itod by the disturbance of the bait. When the detent-rod C is free of hook I, its left-hand end is immediately carried upwards by the force of the spriugD, and being loose in the staple E, and in the opening F of the door, it is free to slide in them, and conform to the position which the fall of the door will naturally canse it to take.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.1The elastic or yielding fulcrum D, in combination with the setting-rod or detent C, substantially as described.

stantially as described.

This specification signed by me, this 19th day of December, 18,6"1".4 v

' en. zAIsER.

Witnesses :f Y

Gusuv Banc W. Hauer,

2. The arrangement of ,the setting-rod C loosely inpthe staple E, and alsoy in the'hole F of door B, -sub- 

